Sleeping garment



Dec. 7, 1937. l.. COHEN 2,101,701

' SLEEPING GARMENT 1 Filed Dec 21, 1936 Patented '7, Y1937 uNl-TEDSTATES `PATEVr]v OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to bed robes and more specifically to robing forchildren in bed.

In general, it is an object of the invention to provide a device of thecharacter described, which will emciently perform the purposes for whichit is intended, which is simple and economical of construction, whichcan be expeditiously, conveniently and safely manipulated, and which canbe readily manufactured and assembled.

Another object of the invention is to provide bed robes, particularlyfor children, part of any assembly of which is a bed robe garment whicha child might normally wear alone as a garment and part of any assemblyof which is a robe for r a bed which normally might be used as ablanketlike covering, which bed robes may be caused to act together as aunit but which maybe used separately; to provide the separate parts ofsaid unit; to provide such a unit having no sharp points, temporarilyprotected or not; to provide such a unit which. is separated into itsparts only with dimculty by a child wearing the same, due in part to thepositioning of various cooperating elements; to provide such a-unitwhichkeeps the arm and leg extremities covered and the face uncovered; and toprovide such a unit the parts of which are not apt to be torn when inuse.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in partappear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessingthe features, properties and the relation of elements which will beexemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of theapplication of which will be indicated in theclaims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention,reference should be had to the. following detailed description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in

which:

Figure 1 is a front view of one element of a combination which is anembodiment of one form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the element shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another element of said combination; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective Aview of the elements shown in Figs. 1 .and 3,as used in combination. There are certain problems which arise when itis attempted to keep a child, or some sick person, or an old invalid,properly covered in bed. Certain of these dimculties, of course, arisein the case of anyone in bed. .Particularly is a child apt to becomeuncovered. On the other hand, it

may well become so entangled in the bed robes that it does not obtainsufficient fresh air. The use of pins and even of safety pins, not onlywith children, but with anybody, is dangerous. Any sharp-pointedinstrument, whether temporarily protected or not, may, on occasion,inflict a wound on the sleeper. Also, such instruments have a tendencytotear the bed clothes and, all in all, are unsatisfactory.

It, is contemplated that the discovery described herein will avoid theseabove-mentioned inconveniences and, in practice, it has been found to becapable of simply' and easily protecting the sleeper. y

The present device includes a sleeping robe 15 garment and a sleepingrobe blanket. The garments referred to herein and in the claims, may bepajamas, night gowns, sleeping suits,'or any other piece of nightclothing. The blanket-like robe may be of any type, preferably flat, ofmaterial which is commonly spread over a sleeper. Its weight may or maynot depend upon the weather. It may be as light as a thin sheet, orheavier, as a quilt woolen blanket.

Fastening means of the buttoning type are r provided on the front andback of the pajamas. Fastening means adapted to cooperate with those onthe pajamas are associated with the blanket. -The latter is ofsufilcient width to reach from the back of the sleeper at least aroundto the front. It may be of any length, preferably extending from theshoulders at least to the knees.

The fastening means on the back of the pajamas may be placed at the topnear the shoulder blades or in some similar position where the sleeperwill not normally be able to, or find it convenient to, unfasten them.These means may comprise buttons i2 on the back of the pajamas it. Theremay be one or more buttons it at the top of the front of the pajamas andbutton means i6 associated with the knees of the pajamas. A pair ofbutton holes it in the blanket 20 are positioned, preferably at one endthereof, so as to register with the buttons I2. Spaced from, the buttonholes i3 at a suitable distance so that it may register with the buttonholes it when the blanket 20 is wrapped around the child after thebutton holes iB have been attached to buttons I2, there is a button hole22. Likewise, there are button holes 24 in the blanket to button overthe knee buttons i6.

There may be other buttons placed at other advantageous points. Certainof the buttons may also have other uses and certain or all of thebuttons may be replaced with button holes and the corresponding securingmember on the other main element of the combination may be buttons.

Also, it is often desirable that the distance between button holes I8and 22 may be so small that the blanket binds an arm of the sleeperagainst the side of the sleeper lightly, so that there might be lessfreedom of motion which might lead to the unfastening, unconsciously orotherwise, of the buttoning means. Further buttoning means may be placedso that the free edges of the blanket along one side of the sleeper maybe buttoned to each other, or to the back or side of the pajamas.

It will be evident that the present invention provides means whereby a.child may be kept covered and warm in bed without danger of the blanketbeing either pulled up over its head or thrown off.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and differentembodiments of the invention could be made Without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended tocover all of the generic and specific features of the invention hereindescribed, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as amatter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a device of the character described, a sleeping garment, buttoningmeans associated with the upper back and the upper front of saidgarment, blanket-like means adapted to extend across the back/around tothe front and across the front oi said garment, and cooperatingbuttoning means associated with said blanket-like means and positionedto register respectively with said buttoning means which are associatedwith said garment.

2. In a device of the character described, a childs sleeping garment,button means associated with the hind side of said garment and out ofreach of a child wearing said garment, button means associated with thefront side of said garment near the top of said garment, blanket meansadapted to be wrapped about said garment and cooperating button holemeans associated with said blanket means and positioned to registerrespectively with said button means.

3. The combination comprising a suit of pajamas having back, front, andknee portions, buttons fixed to the upper part of said back portion ofsaid pajamas and out of the normal reach of an individual wearing saidpajamas, button means xed to the upper part of said front of saidpajamas, button means xed to said pajamas in the region of said kneeportions, a blanket adapted to be wrapped around said pajamas when saidpajamas are being worn by an individual and adapted to extend acrosssaid back portion and around to the said front and across the said frontportion of said pajamas, and button holes fixed with respect to saidblanket and positioned to cooperate and register, when said blanket isin said wrapped position about said pajamas, respectively with saidbuttons and button means.

LEONARD COHENn

